Antarctic Search for Meteorites

8817083卡西迪该奖项支持南极陨石搜索(ANSMET)计划。该项目的目标一直是在南极洲定位和收集陨石，并将它们归还给研究人员进行整理和分发。第二个目标是了解陨石浓度与冰盖动力学之间的关系。ANSMET收集的陨石包括许多以前未知的类型和品种；继续收集预计将提供更多这样的标本，包括新的月球样本和其他可能来自火星的样本。

8817083 CASSIDY This award supports the Antarctic Search for Meteorites (ANSMET) program. The goal of the project has been to locate and collect meteorites in Antarctica, and return them for curation and distribution to researchers. A second goal has been to understand how the meteorite concentrations are related to ice-sheet dynamics. The ANSMET collection includes many meteorites of previously unknown types and varieties; continued collection is expected to provide many more such specimens, including new lunar samples and others of possible martian origin.